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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Westerns
The Tenth Horse is the story of cavalry officer Clay Jordan and his
beautiful wife Kathleen, who have been separated during the Civil
War but are reunited afterward. Clay accepts an appointment to the
newly formed all black Tenth Cavalry Regiment. They join the
regiment in Kansas where Clay is given command of B Troop and
starts training the raw recruits. The regiment is assigned the task
of controlling the Kiowa and Comanche Indians recently forced onto
a reservation in Indian Territory. The Tenth has to overcome many
obstacles, including racism, but it earns the respect of the
Indians, who call them buffalo soldiers. Kathleen, who originally
had misgivings about being an Army wife, becomes the nurse to the
troopers and is so revered by them that they will go to great
lengths to protect her. The Tenth gets involved in the bloody
situation in which Kiowa and Comanche raiders from the reservation
are raping and plundering the Texas frontier and are retreating to
the protection of the reservation. General William T. Sherman comes
to the frontier to find a solution to the problem, and with the
help of the Tenth, he does so. In the end the Tenth Horse becomes a
proud regiment, and Clay and Kathleen play an important role.
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The Rider
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R. D. Amundson
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After marrying his childhood sweetheart, Virgil John Jordan is
pulled into the Civil War as a captain in the Confederate Army. He
is a dedicated and brave soldier-until news reaches him that his
family, including his new wife, has been murdered by marauding Blue
Coats. Rage takes over; as Virgil becomes a murderer, the man he
once was disappears.
He becomes "The Rider," a vengeful, ghostly foe. Justice is
decided by his hand, and he kills those he believes deserve to die.
After killing four men who were abusing a whore, the Rider survives
a terrible blizzard, only to end up in a town called Witchita. With
his only companion-his horse, Gabriel-the Rider finds himself in a
very strange place.
The "witch" in Witchita refers to Mesmerala, a powerful
sorceress who runs things with the power of magic. It's not magic
that breaks through the Rider's heart of steel, though; it's a
gun-toting honey named Pistol Ann. Rider comes to realize he's in
Witchita for a reason. His bloodlust can serve a purpose, but will
he ever find his way home again?
The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta (1854) is a novel by
John Rollin Ridge. Published under his birth name Yellow Bird, from
Cheesquatalawny in Cherokee, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin
Murieta was the first novel from a Native American author. Despite
its popular success worldwide-the novel was translated into French
and Spanish -Ridge's work was a financial failure due to bootleg
copies and widespread plagiarism. Recognized today as a
groundbreaking work of nineteenth century fiction, The Life and
Adventures of Joaquin Murieta is a powerful novel that investigates
American racism, illustrates the struggle for financial
independence among marginalized communities, and dramatizes the
lives of outlaws seeking fame, fortune, and vigilante justice. Born
in Mexico, Joaquin Murieta came to California in search of gold.
Despite his belief in the American Dream, he soon faces violence
and racism from white settlers who see his success as a miner as a
personal affront. When his wife is raped by a mob of white men and
after Joaquin is beaten by a group of horse thieves, he loses all
hope of living alongside Americans and turns to a life of
vigilantism. Joined by a posse of similarly enraged
Mexican-American men, Joaquin becomes a fearsome bandit with a
reputation for brutality and stealth. Based on the life of Joaquin
Murrieta Carrillo, also known as The Robin Hood of the West, The
Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta would serve as inspiration
for Johnston McCulley's beloved pulp novel hero Zorro. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of John Rollin Ridge's The Life and Adventures of
Joaquin Murieta is a classic work of Native American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
Francis Lynde (1856-1930) wrote fiction set in the Carolinas
concerned with mining and western expansion.
A Montana man always protects the woman he loves He discovered her
during a Montana blizzard, freezing cold, impossibly vulnerable, a
little boy by her side. Undercover DEA Agent Beck "Trigger" Cooke
is astonished to recognize Ashley Swan-award-winning actress,
famous beauty-and missing for over a year. To keep her and the
child hidden from a sadistic madman, he secrets the pair away to
his isolated home. No longer a prisoner, and protected at Hope
Ranch, Ashley recovers and learns the tall, tempting federal agent
may have a dark past, but it hasn't destroyed his sense of honor.
As they shed past roles and find common ground, Ashley and Trigger
can't help but fall slowly, carefully, in love. But danger still
lurks outside the boundaries of Hope Ranch, for until her crazed
captor is brought to justice, and Trigger's undercover past is laid
to rest, none of them will ever be truly safe...
"The reader is treated to a kind of alchemy on the page when
character, setting and song converge at all the right notes,
generating an authentic humanity that is worth remembering and
celebrating." -- New York Times The critically acclaimed,
bestselling author of News of the World and Enemy Women returns to
Texas in this atmospheric story, set at the end of the Civil War,
about an itinerant fiddle player, a ragtag band of musicians with
whom he travels trying to make a living, and the charming young
Irish lass who steals his heart. In March 1865, the long and bitter
War between the States is winding down. Till now,
twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks
to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of
compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl
in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however
belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a
fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position in a regimental band.
Weeks later, on the eve of the Confederate surrender, Simon and his
bandmates are called to play for officers and their families from
both sides of the conflict. There the quick-thinking, audacious
fiddler can't help but notice the lovely Doris Mary Dillon, an
indentured girl from Ireland, who is governess to a Union colonel's
daughter. After the surrender, Simon and Doris go their separate
ways. He will travel around Texas seeking fame and fortune as a
musician. She must accompany the colonel's family to finish her
three years of service. But Simon cannot forget the fair Irish
maiden, and vows that someday he will find her again. Incandescent
in its beauty, told in Paulette Jiles's trademark spare yet lilting
style, Simon the Fiddler is a captivating, bittersweet tale of the
chances a devoted man will take, and the lengths he will go to
fulfill his heart's yearning. Jiles' sparse but lyrical writing is
a joy to read. . . . Lose yourself in this entertaining tale." --
Associated Press
This volume reprints a rare 1920 western novel by H. Bedford-Jones,
one of the great pulp magazine writers.
A new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire
series. When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats,
Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt
Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya
"Longshot" Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High
School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older
sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge
of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having
Longmire involved might draw some public attention to the girl's
plight, but with this maneuver she also inadvertently places the
good sheriff in a one-on-one with the deadliest adversary he has
ever faced in both this world and the next.
Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer whose stories helped
to establish the cowboy as an archetypical hero. Wister helped to
create the basic Western myths and themes, which were later
popularized by radio, television, and movies.
From the creator of Zorro, Johnston McCulley, comes "A White Man's
Chance," a western novel starring the dashing hero "Don Jose," set
south of the border in Mexico. "A White Man's Chance" originally
appeared in Munsey's Magazine. It was filmed in 1919. This book is
a facsimile reprint from the 1926 G. Howard Watt hardcover first
edition.
From the creator of Zorro, Johnston McCulley, come A White Man's
Chance, a western novel starring the dashing hero "Don Jose," set
south of the border, in Mexico. A White Man's Chance originally
appeared in Munsey's Magazine. It was filmed in 1919. The text of
this facsimile edition is taken from the 1926 G. Howard Watt
hardcover first edition.
Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer whose stories helped
to establish the cowboy as an archetypical hero. Wister helped to
create the basic Western myths and themes, which were later
popularized by radio, television, and movies.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Mattie is the tale of Georgia Arbuckle-Fix, a pioneering doctor on
the Western frontier in Nebraska at the end of the 19th and into
the early 20th centuries. Judy Alter's storytelling and impeccable
historical research bring the era of the old west to life while
highlighting the life of Georgia Arbuckle-Fix.
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